After reading the article in the newspaper today of the hippopotamus that was darted by Researchers in Kruger and they mistaken it for being asleep I could not help but wonder which animal is the most dangerous in Kruger? I always thought Buffalo could be the most dangerous but after seeing the huge mouth of the hippo very close to one of the guys I think it is maybe the hippo?

They are known as one of the animals which kills most people throughout Africa.. but looking at KNP, I would probably say that the Leopard will win this one purely on the number of rangers/staff they have killed over the years or perhaps the Lions up north that wait for illegal immigrants.

It is stated that the Hippo is responsible for the most human deaths by any animal in Africa. My personal belief is that Crocodile kill more people. My reason for this is that there is no evidence if a Croc kills a person but a Hippo will not eat the person leaving the remains behind. So the records show that Hippo kill the most people but I think a lot of deaths by Croc's go by unrecorded, just another missing person file opened with the police.

Interesting Question. I also would go for Malaria Mosquito (in this case I disagree with some Persons, but is jus a belive not a prove!). Apart from that, I would go to Predators, the reasons were already discussed.

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I would say for the most guests to Kruger, the most dangerous would be an elephant as they are prob the only animal that can harm you while in a car. So as long at guests stay in their vehicles, ellies are prob the biggest danger in my opinion....

Homo sapiens causes the most injuries (though not deaths) to humans within the KNP and singularly through its actions causes the most self inflicted casualties as well as the most animal deaths both directly & indirectly .

Food for thought ?

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Human Beings.......by far the most dangerous animal in the park.

Lets ignore the Mosquito/Maleria question for a moment and look at the wildlife that could be dangerous. Hippo, Rhino, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Lion......in fact any wild animal can be dangerous if threatened or hungry. But they only are dangerous in these situations........

However, animals do not kill indiscriminately. Humans unfortunately do either through selfishness, negligence or greed. Humans speeding kill in the park, Poachers kill in the park, tourists who step out of their cars can kill in the park, even the scientists meant to protect kill in the park.....

Robbie

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